Breeding-pen.



J. R. BRYSON.

BREEDING PEN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNHQ, 1913 Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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JAMES ROBERT BRYSON, OF XENIA, OHIO.

BREEDING-PEN.

Application filed .Tune 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ROBERT BRY- soN, citizen of the United States, residing at Xenia, in the county of Green and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breeding-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stock racks, more particularly to breeding pens, especially adapted for horse breeding purposes, but by modification of the relative proportion of the pen, capable for use for sheep or swine breeding, cattle breeding or other veterinary or surgical purposes.

The object of the invention is to simplify the structure as well as the means and mode of operation of such devices whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction, but will be more eflicient in use, positive in operation, easily and quickly adjusted and unlikely to get out of repair.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means to insure the proper positioning of the mare or dam and to securely hold her against struggling, whereby she might be injured and to provide means for sustaining the weight of the stallion.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view as will more fully appear in the specification, the invention con sists of the features of construction, the parts and combinations thereof, and the mode of operation or their equivalents, as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the breeding pen forming the subject matter hereof, viewed from the rear. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pen one side of which has been removed, showing the adjusted position of the several parts in relation with the animal. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the position of adjustment of the side bars.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views.

In constructing the pen, there is employed a stall open at its forward and rearward end. This stall comprises vertical side portions 1 and 2. For convenience, one side of the stall is of less height than the other to permit the operator to adjust the several parts with certainty and in order that the mare may be at all times under observation.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 772,603.

The stall may be specially constructed as shown in the drawing or the side 2 may comprise the side of the stable, building or other structure. For convenience of illustration, the sides 1 and 2 of the stall have been shown in the drawings connected at their forward end with vertical uprights 3, which in turn are connected by an over head cross bar 4. Hinged at 5 to the opposite inner sides of the stallvare adjustable side rails 6 inclined downward and rearward. These side rails 6 are'adapted to be folded upward into parallelism with the sides 1 and 2 of the stall, as shown in Fig. 3 or to be turned downward into position at right angles to the sides 1 and 2, as shown in Fig. 1.

The mare to be bred is led into the stall and after the usual preliminary test to determine her condition has been made, the side rails 6 are turned downward from their original positions as shown in Fig. 3 to their adjusted positions shown in Fig. 1. These side rails 6 engage the opposite sides of the mare and serve to center her within the stall and prevent any side movement or crowding against either of the sides 1 or 2 of the stall. A transverse bar 7 is engaged with the opposite sides of the stall in front of the animal and at a height to engage her breast and prevent her escape in a forward direction. This transverse bar 7 may be engaged with the sides of the stall in any suitable manner. In actual practice it has been found desirable to provide in the side 1 of the stall a series of holes 9, through any one of which the bar 7 may be thrust and to provide in the side 2, either a similar series of holes or a series of corresponding sockets, in which the extremity of the bar 7 may engage. By inserting the bar 7 in different holes of the series, the length of the pen may be adjusted to the size of the animal.

In the rear of the animal there is provided a second transverse bar 8, located at a height to engage just above the hooks of the animal and immediately above the upper face of the rear end of the side rails 6. This rear bar 8 prevents the animal backing out of the pen and by being located closely adjacent to the upper face of said rail 6, it serves to lock the side rails in their lowermost or adjusted positions. Like the forward bar 7, this rear bar 8 is thrust through an opening in the side 1 of the stall and thence into a corresponding opening or socket in the side 2.

It has'been and desirable in practice-to employ a metallic rod or bar, preferably a" plpe of approximatelytwo inchesin diam-.

eter for the rear bar 8. Such a metallic bar or pipe will remain smooth after long use and will not have the tendency to chafe-or" rub the animal, as would a wooden bara'fter other, in-accordance with the length: of the.

animal. In the event that the mare is Weak orrelaXes, the excessive-Weight ofthe stallion will be supported by the engagement of hisfeet upon'theside rails or-bars 6. The stallion is thus supported independentoi' the-mare andthe latter is relievedof any excessive weight. The rear. transverse bar 8 being -located immediately above ;the hock ofthe animalprevents her kicking or rearing upward: or backward. :The animal is permitted to escape from the pen by the removal ofthe forwardtransverse bar 7. ,[To

enable .the side rails 6 to be quickly and simultaneously adjusted,,there ispreferably though not necessarily provided cables 10, attached tozthe side rails 6. These cables pass .over pulleys 11, suspended from the crossbar 4-.and are joined into. one operating cablel2. It. is obvious that other means of ustablysupporting the side rails to pertheir adjustment .to and from each other may be employed.

Fromthe above description it will heapvparent-that there is thus provided a device of the character described, possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detail construction or arrangement of parts, without departing from the principlev involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in orderto comply with .thestatute, the invention has been described in language more or lessspecificas to certain structural features, it .isto be understood'that the inventio'n is not limited to any specific details butth'at the means and construction herein describedcomprisebut one mode of putting the invention into efi'ect, and the invention is -therefore claimed broadly and in any of its possible forms or modifications Within the *scopeo'f the appended claims.

Having ,thus described my invention, I claim,

1. In a breedingpema stall, inclined adjustable side rails, located at opposite sides of the stall, alocking member common to both rails, whereby the. rails may be simul .taneously locked in a horizontal plane, said memberhavingits ends terminating in the sides of saidstall, andin a plane above and atan angle to said rails.

2. Ina breeding pen,.a stall, inclined side rails hinged'to the opposite sides of the stall,

said siderails being adjustable about their inclined axesto and from positions perpendicular-to the sides ofthe stall, and a transverse bar engaging the opposite sides ofcthe stall and extending adjacent to the side rails when their adjusted position upon the sides ofthe stall, to and from which said rails are adjusted to .lock the rails against return'movement; I V

'3. A breeding pen comprising a stallincluding its vertical Walls, an adjustabletransverse bar, inclined. adjustable siderails secured to said-walls, .a bar having its ends secured to said side walls and positioned abovesaid rails for locking said side rails in a horizontal position.

7 4. A breeding pen, comprising a stall including its vertical Walls an adjustable transverse bar, inclined adjustable side rails,

means for simultaneously.adjusting. said side ra1ls,sa1d means comprisinga transverse bar above .said rails for locking said .side rails in a horizontal position.

opposite walls of said stall, a transversebar,

having-itsends secured in opposite Walls,

and a transverse locking bar 'for said rails positioned above said rail to lock said rails against return .movement. g V In testimony whereof, I my hand this 31st day of-May, 1913. v 3 I J. ROBERT BRY'SON. Witnesses: j Y

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